In Memory of Indiana (Effexor Infant Death Antidepressants Pregnancy MOTHERS Act)

Video updated and available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGX_34TmT4w

Please go to http://www.box.net/shared/810kj0b8g7 and print a PDF that you can fax to the Senate: http://tinyurl.com/HELPSenate

http://indibaby.wordpress.com/


Effexor Baby's Grieving Mother Protests Potential MOTHERS Act, Warns Others
Contact: Amy Philo, Founder, UNITE, 817-793-8028

SALT LAKE CITY, April 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- Christian Delahunty blames Effexor for the September 2008 death of her six-week-old daughter Indiana. To those responsible for pushing Effexor on Christian and similar drugs on pregnant women across America, that may be "impossible" to prove.

Only with that mindset of denial could someone justify pushing for the passage of federal legislation called "The MOTHERS Act," which would increase the use of psychotropic drugs in pregnant and new mothers.

In 2007 Delahunty approached her doctor about whether she should stop taking Effexor because she wanted one more baby. He told her, "Oh no, you and the baby will be fine. There are no studies that prove that the Effexor is even transferred to the baby in utero or in the breast milk."

"Milk-to-plasma ratios" greater than 1 indicate that a medication is present in higher concentrations in breast milk than in maternal serum. Effexor's milk-to-plasma ratio has been observed at over 4.7 and is therefore not recommended for breastfeeding. Neonates cannot metabolize drugs as quickly as older babies or adults, they absorb more of the drug, and can have 10 to 30 times higher brain tissue concentrations than adults.

According to the Effexor label, animal studies of the drug during pregnancy and continuing through weaning resulted in an increase in stillborn pups, and an increase in pup deaths during the first five days of lactation. In a study of 150 pregnant women exposed to Effexor, 18 had miscarriages and seven had "therapeutic" abortions, while two of the babies had major malformations.

When Indiana was born, she had trouble breathing, scored low on her APGARs, and wouldn't cry. Indiana had to go to the NICU and returned to the doctor's office and hospital several times after going home for various health problems. Christian says Indiana was excessively sleepy and nearly impossible to feed.

On September 7, Christian nursed Indiana at 8 am and then put her down for a nap. Christian went back in at 10 and found she was not breathing.

Indiana was rushed to Children's Hospital by paramedics. The staff was finally able to revive her after 45 minutes and she spent the next five days on life support. But it was too late. Her brain had badly deteriorated. She died on September 13.

http://christiannewswire.com/news/120709939.html
Effexor Baby's Grieving Mother Protests Potential MOTHERS Act, Warns Others

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93766
Want a baby? Congress to see if you're mentally fit. Mental health screening targets moms-to-be.

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1918/t/7870/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26855

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-mothers-act

http://uniteforlife.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/in-memory-of-indiana-effexor-baby/
In Memory of Indiana

http://uniteforlife.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/mother-speaks-out-effexor-sids-a...
Grieving Mother Warns Others Against Effexor in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Send a letter to Congress:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1918/t/7870/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26855

Please sign the petition against The MOTHERS Act which will result in more pregnant and new mothers being placed on dangerous psychotropic drugs. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-mothers-act

Learn more about baby Indiana and her family at http://uniteforlife.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/in-memory-of-indiana-effexor-baby/

Please take action against The MOTHERS Act by contacting members of Congress.

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[samantha77713ify]

OMG!! I am sooo sorry. I know what doctors can do you you. BUT NOT A BABY. This breaks my heart.

[rebeccagrissom4083]

WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP[.....PLEASE....MY HEART IS REALLY BROKEN...IF I CAN DO ANYTHING ILL BE HERE....

[ronqie]

I am so so so sorry. She was so adorable. I am sorry and i feel for you and the family. She'll always be loved...

[smalltowngirl6767]

awareness ! more awareness needs to be made make a facebook let more parents know?

[kiwimusic422]

I am sorry you had to go through that situation and may God's love and blessing be on you all, I know you can't replace the lost, but God will bless you with another beautiful baby girl just like her, I claim it for you in Jesus name, aman....love your video and thank you for sharing it.

[theused21709]

i am so sorry for your loss.

[12HERMINIA]

bello tema todo mi amor y apollo para vosotros nose que mas decir ante esta injusticia de dios deveria estar proivido que los niños sufrieran y se marcharan besos muchos besos y abrazos llenos de amor

[brather08]

oh she was so precious . . i am so sorry about your loss . .

[KatsKaptures]

OMG THAT PISSES ME OFF! so freakin bad. it's amazing how the FDA will approve something like this, and yet how trusting people are of the FDA. look at all the dangerous chemicals in vaccines! I was induced with my son with cytotec and it says specifically on the label, do NOT use at any stage in pregnancy, is known to cause miscarriages.. !! yet 4 years ago it was used on me. I'm so blessed my child was relatively unharmed by that drug.

[tinaskillett]

OMG! I am so sorry. My daughter Jasmine died at 4 months old from severe complications of the heart. 4 months of heart surgeries and her life spent in the hospital, sometimes being unable to hold her due to the wires and lines attached to her. I was taking Ativan and had no idea what it could do. I play this song too and think of my beautiful Angel.